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Alfred R. Shands III ’50

Al, who described his life as “punctuated with a series of radical changes,” died Sept. 7, 2021, in Kentucky. A Woodberry Forest graduate, he belonged…

Frederick W. Danforth Jr. ’50

Fred died June 13, 2021, in his North Haven, Conn., home. He graduated from Nichols School in Buffalo, N.Y. At Princeton, where his father was…

Richard P. Ryerson ’49

Dick died Oct. 21, 2021, at the age of 94. A graduate of St. Paul’s School and a gifted athlete, he came to Princeton and…

Whitney Stevens ’48

Whitney died Sept. 10, 2021. He was active and cheerful to the end. He was born Nov. 26, 1926, in Plainfield, N.J., and graduated from…

Pierre E. Mendelsohn *93

Princeton lost a dedicated volunteer when Pierre died Nov. 3, 2021, in London at the age of 51. Known for his generosity with students and…

Michael L. Groden *75

Michael died March 25, 2021, of cancer in Toronto, Canada. He was born May 30, 1947, in Buffalo, N.Y. He earned a bachelor’s degree in…

Craig M. MacLean *66

Craig died Nov. 12, 2021, of cancer in Englewood, Fla. He was born Oct. 13, 1938, in Ridgewood, N.J. After serving in the Army, Craig…

Raymond C. Fort Jr. *65

Raymond died May 30, 2021, in Bangor, Maine. He was born March 28, 1938, in Philadelphia, and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from…

Robert Cogan *56

Robert died Aug. 19, 2021, in Cambridge, Mass., at age 91, with Schubert playing in the background. Born in Detroit, Robert was introduced to jazz…

John McKenzie Gunn *54

John died Oct. 16, 2021, in Lexington, Va., at the age of 97. John was born Jan. 16, 1924, in Pensacola, Fla. He began college…

Edward X. Tuttle *52

Ted died Nov. 21, 2021, in Essexville, Mich. He was born June 28, 1927, in Ann Arbor, Mich. In 1944, at Union College, Ted joined…

Corinne N.C. Whitaker ’83

Cory died Aug. 24, 2021, in a hiking accident. At Princeton she co-led Princeton Hunger Action and the Campaign for Jamalpur for low-income people in…

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2023: Lives Lived & Lost

PAW Published memorials for 569 alumni in 2023, and in this issue, we reflect on 13 of those lives, the impact they had on Princeton, their families, and the world.

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